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Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Description:

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.

Notes:

Spotted hunting in the Okefenokee Swamp Park

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1 Comment

RedTopRanger
RedTopRanger 11 years ago

Look at those legs! Nice spotting

QWMom
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QWMom

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Apr 6, 2012
Submitted on Jan 29, 2013

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